The Olympique de Marseille coach was present at a press conference to discuss the match against Brighton, scheduled for this Thursday in the Europa League (6:45 p.m.).
Since he arrived in Marseille, Gennaro Gattuso cannot escape this little music. She follows him everywhere. Like a stubborn cliché. Renowned for his volcanic temperament during his early football life, the former Italian midfielder gained a reputation as a tough coach. But he regrets being reduced to this lever in his approach to the profession.
This is the message that Gattuso wanted to convey at a press conference this Thursday, on the eve of the clash against Brighton in the Europa League (Thursday at 6:45 p.m.). “ You can’t win without courage and personality, you have to know how to play football, thundered the new OM coach, as if to respond to his detractors. The players give everything. During training they are tired because we are looking for intensity. It’s different from the work they did before. I see that they are working, on the ground and on video. »
Gattuso wants to tighten the screws without changing his game plan
It is precisely by talking about football that Gattuso sought to dissect the current ills of OM, such as this defensive fragility observed in Monaco (2-3). “It’s true that we have conceded 10 goals in the last 3 matches. This is something that can be improved. We saw it against Monaco, there was too much space between the lines. If we are more compact, we can improve. These are individual errors. Last year there was a different way of playing with man marking. With Marcelino, it was even different with two lines and a defensive block. This is something they have not yet been able to erase. To succeed in changing that, it will also take a lot of intensity. »
